Numbers 24:20
Then, turning his eyes to Amalek, he went on with his story and said, Amalek was the first of the nations, but his part will be destruction for ever.
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19And Israel will go on in strength, and Jacob will have rule over his haters.
Cross References
Exodus 17:8Then Amalek came and made war on Israel in Rephidim.
Exodus 17:16For he said, The Lord has taken his oath that there will be war with Amalek from generation to generation.
1 Samuel 14:48And he did great things, and overcame the Amalekites, and made Israel safe from the hands of their attackers.
1 Samuel 27:8And David and his men went up and made attacks on the Geshurites and the Girzites and the Amalekites; for these were the people who were living in the land from Telam on the way to Shur, as far as Egypt.
1 Samuel 30:17And David went on fighting them from evening till the evening of the day after; and not one of them got away but only four hundred young men who went in flight on camels.
Esther 3:1After these things, by the order of the king, Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, was lifted up and given a position of honour and a higher place than all the other captains who were with him.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 24:16-25
Balaam's Prophecy. ( b. c. 1452.) 15 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: 16 He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: 17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and… Read the whole commentary →